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This sort of curiosity is now added to the list of things I warn my boys against. As a mom, I find myself at a loss. It's not just that there's a different set of rules for men of color; they're arbitrary. There's no level of respectability that buys immunity from this. (2/5)
Black men and boys are lynched for curiosity, toy guns, or selling cigarillos, but a white woman endangering the public for her bad haircuts, or inconvenienced, armed white men who threaten public officials with bodily harm can rest comfortably night after night. (3/5)
I grapple with this even in my Congressional race: I'm running against a woman in the general election who is the mayor who championed the imprisonment of a 14 y.o. Black boy for bringing a clock to school. People voted for her. Trump endorsed her. (4/5)https://www.keranews.org/post/irving-mayor-beth-van-duyne-speaks-out-ahmed-mohamed-clock-case …
The danger of disproportionate punishment for survival or mere curiosity is hardly hypothetical for my family or for many people of color in my district. We can't assume justice is automatically equitable or transparent. We have to pursue it relentlessly. This is why I run. (5/5)
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